#candlenights 2021

[taskhusbands]

The McElroy Family: Candlenights 2021 Special

Thanks @eightwholebreads for sharing this!

#taskhusbands #alex horne #candlenights 2021

[breebird33]

And my Candlenights poster finally dropped!!! 

I had so much fun designing this, I’ve been a fan of the McElroys for years so I immediately said yes when their people reached out. I pulled a lot of inspiration from old Christmas cards and (of course) Dark Souls since the boys are big fans of the games. Used real historical sets of armor for reference as well.

Anyway, super thankful for this opportunity. All proceeds from the poster (and the matching Candlenights ornament I also designed) will go to Harmony House. And yes this all happened because they saw the candle knights I made in 2020 and 2021 in celebration of Candlenights. 

#candlenights 2022 #candle knights #my art #mcelroys

[crystallizedkingdoms]

Johann Appreciation Week is a very important week because that is when I get the most insane thoughts about this man and it becomes everyone else’s problem. You should help make it everyone’s problem :) you know the drill. First, second, third, fourth.

2021 - Prompt: Mixtape (M/M, Teen, 1.4K)

Johann has a gift to give Avi during the Candlenights party. Simple, right? Then why the hell does literally everything go wrong in an instant?

2022 - Prompt: Class of 2013 by Mitski (Gen, Teen, 1.6K)

A continuation of the first 2022 fic, Johann visits his mother one last time before all of the Relics have been collected. He is very, very tired.

2023 - Prompt: Vibrato (M/M, Explicit, 1.7K)

Um. So like. I do not know what you could possibly expect from me with that prompt. Johavi fun times what can I say.

#taz #taz balance #johann appreciation week #taz johann #taz avi #johavi

[barry-j-blupjeans]

2022 Fic List!

This is a compilation of all the fics I've posted on Ao3 in 2022, plus some ficlets I like that I posted here! As always, Journal Pages is still being updated but I'm not gonna put it on this list because I made it last year (I think??)

Memories, Just a Bit To the Left

Being kidnapped was, honestly, not incredibly horrible. It wasn’t a good thing, for sure, for sure, but Barry could deal with it. Was he low on hit points? Yeah, and it was shitty. Did he feel like he was going to die? Occasionally, that’s just something that happens sometimes, you know? But it wasn’t all bad. Some of the gerblins were nice. They gave him some water, kicked him around a bit more, gave him an orange that they refused to peel so Barry just kind of spat the peel out as he went. A solid three out of five stars.

But he wasn’t too worried about the whole thing. Even as low as his hit points got, he knew that Taako would come find him. It was just a matter of if he would find Barry too late.

This was for the 2021 Candlenights exchange and it is killer, I think. I really enjoyed getting to write this and explore the space of this AU.

Archaeology Excavation on My Body

“How do you always know everything?” he asked instead of rising to her bait. “That’s the secret I want to know, ma’am. You’ve got prying eyes anywhere? Listening ears?”

"I run a secret organization on the moon,” the Director said dryly. “I’ve grown accustomed to knowing both everything and absolutely nothing at the same time. If you don’t want me to know, then I won’t know. I’ll never bring it up again. I’m simply offering us a way to, uh-” she glanced at the wall. It had been twenty minutes since the Reclaimers went offline. “Pass the time. And perhaps a way to help manage your pain a little better. No one else has noticed, Angus, but you do tend to limp a bit.”

Fuck, Angus thought.

This one was a pure vent fic, but I'm glad other people could relate to it anyway! I love giving characters I like everything that's wrong with me.

Tedious Familiarity

Déjà vu. Noun. A feeling of having already experienced the present situation. A tedious familiarity.

Barry Bluejeans woke up in a cave, fresh out of a pod filled with green goop, and saddled with an unsettling feeling that he had been here before. If you had asked forty-year-old Barry if he would follow instructions left by a talking coin, he probably would have asked you what type of drugs you were on. But, y’know, fifty… two? Fifty-one? How old was he? Fifty-two sounded right. But, y’know, fifty-two years old Barry didn’t really have that many other places to turn, so this couldn't be all that bad.

Barold my beloved!! I love any take on Barry's years alone and I thought I'd give myself a stab at it! Or several stabs, if we're going by death count. I really like how this one came out!!

Heart-Shaped Stickers

A collection of my blupjeans week prompts for 2022!

As seen on the tin sldkfsd.

Keep Your Friends Close (And the Lich Who Gives You Cryptic Advice Closer)

“There’s a lot you don’t know and I can’t tell you yet,” the Red Robe said. “And I’m genuinely sorry about that, Magnus, but right now, from the Bureau’s perspective, I’m not the good one.”

“From your perspective?” Magnus asked.

“From my- I…” he stopped again, contemplating, as if no one had ever asked him this question before. "I try to be, I think."

AKA: Magnus has questions and no one from the Bureau is giving him answers. He goes looking for the one person who will.

This baby is my pride and joy of this year, I think. It has always taken me Ages to write any chaptered fic but I'm very very proud of this one.

Autumn-Themed Notebook

Prompt fills for TAZ November Celebration 2022.

Again, as seen on the tin!

Now onto the Tumblr Ficlets!!

This list would not be complete without this ficlet about Magnus, Carey, and Killian discussing Magnus's top surgery or this one about a heart-shaped locket Barry picked up. Some other favorites from this year include:

Voidfished Taako interacting with Red Robe Lup and Barry (x)

June/The Temporal Chalice finding Barry's worst memory (x)

Merle and Hekuba talking post Story and Song (x)

Lucretia and Magnus talking about emotions and the stars (x)

Lucretia discovering the umbrastaff broke early (x)

Barry and Lucretia forming a truce to fuck over Governer Kalen (x)

Lucretia trying to discover who's stealing from the Fantasy Costco (x)

Taako taking the fall for all of Lup's deaths (x)

The Starblaster Crew stealing Magnus's shirts while he's dead (x)

Taako, Kravitz, and the mafia - Werewolf edition! (x1, x2, x3)

I gotta stop there or else this will go on forever sldfksdf. Let me know if you have any particular favorites from what I've written this year :D! It'd mean the world to me. My writing tag is #ise cube writing as always and my ao3 is IntrovertedHappiness if you wanna go check me out there!

#taz #taz balance #fic list #i am speaking #:D!!!!

[taakosleftshoe]

I posted 3,272 times in 2022

That's 3,272 more posts than 2021!

576 posts created (18%)

2,696 posts reblogged (82%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@idkanameatall

@taakosleftshoe

@ickyprincetothesun

@barry-j-blupjeans

@liltaz-asatreat

I tagged 2,782 of my posts in 2022

Only 15% of my posts had no tags

#sierra speaks - 509 posts

#taz balance - 409 posts

#favs - 260 posts

#taako design - 197 posts

#taz steeplechase - 188 posts

#taz ethersea - 174 posts

#a sierra original - 164 posts

#other people's fics - 122 posts

#lup design - 84 posts

#taz - 74 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#also griffin i beg of u to add the soundtracks to spotify bc i need them in my playlists😔✋ a shame they wont even be on my spotify wrapped

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Blorbo bluejeans

253 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

#4

Did it ever get revealed how the IPRE badges ended up in that box for candlenights? Like I assume it was Barry but how? I mean he probably possessed someone but did they ever explicitly go over that one?

298 notes - Posted November 12, 2022

#3

I will now be claiming credit for Justin GM'ing this upcoming season.

You're welcome <3

Transcript here

381 notes - Posted August 18, 2022

#2

See the full post

593 notes - Posted September 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

May I introduce,

Montrose Pretty

626 notes - Posted October 8, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #thank you all for being along for the ride!! #(also sorry for any unwanted mentions!) #i am surprised institute of planar shitposts wasnt in my top reblogs #my top tags are really interesting too!! #also im surprised by my top posts dfkjdjksk i love them but i kind of forgot about them

[starrysunglasses]

Happy Candlenights! Well, late candlenights...this is for @the-oracle-crow! I hope you like it! It’s that scene from the Balance Finale, it’s such a sweet moment between Mavis and Merle and I had such a great time drawing her with everyone

Thanks to @thecandlenightszone for the exchange!

#taz balance #merle highchurch #the adventure zone #candlenights 2021 #taz fanart

[the-oracle-crow]

Happy Candlenights to @glimmerpearl !!! 

I hope you enjoy it :)

Many thanks to @thecandlenightszone for hosting this exchange!

#the pink flowers are a nod to the pink crystal from the time they first met :) #taako #Kravitz #taakitz #taz #taz fanart #candlenights 2021 #taz balance #Fanart #my art #Illustration #fantasy art #fantasy illustration #watercolor

[terezis]

help

#candlenights 2021

[vvanite]

YOO! Happy Candlenights to @poke-is-a-dork for @thecandlenightszone! Drew up Fitzroy and Rainer helping the Firbolg with his Accounting readings while Argo "helps" too by finishing the rest of the Firbolg's berries <3

[ID: A digital drawing of the Thundermen and Rainer from The Adventure Zone Graduation. The Firbolg is in the middle, holding a red book with a confused look. He has gray fur and light gray horns. He dark brown side ponytail with a big green leaf as his hat. He wears a green coat and a yellow long scarf. On the right side, there shows Fitzroy Maplecourt. He is a korean half-elf man with black shoulder-length hair and wears glasses. He wears a red hanbok with a brown long coat over it. He is pointing at the book the Firbolg is holding and instructing him where to look. On the left, there is Rainer Michelle. She is a korean human woman with blond-dyed medium length hair with black roots showing. She wears a gray fur hat and a violet cape, along with a turtle-neck top. She has a raised pointed up hand and is looking at the firbolg. Behind the Firbolg stands Argo Keene. He is a Koi fish water genasi with orange and brown patches all over his body. He has red medium shag hair. He wears a tan and aqua colored jacket and a dark aqua tank top with a cut window, showing his bare chest. He holds a bunch of berries in his right hand while looking down at the Firbolg. End ID.]

#taz graduation #taz #the adventure zone graduation #taz grad #fitzroy maplecourt #master firbolg #rainer michelle #argo keene #candlenights #candlenights 2021 #vanitedrawsart #hope you enjoy yahoo #this is very last minute haha #sorry a lot of things happened after i signed up and i got super busy and i was worried i couldnt do this #i did what i could in such a short time aaa #the adventure zone

[zetra]

happy candlenights to @ailem-m !!

i know absolutely nothing about classic films so i had to have my partner point me in the right direction - i hope i did this scene from ‘to catch a thief’ justice (i thought it was an appropriate film, at least, given how these two met).

many thanks to @thecandlenightszone for hosting such a fun exchange!

#the adventure zone #taakitz #taz kravitz #taz taako #candlenights 2021 #i hope it is actually 2021 and not candlenights 2022 due to naming convention . oh well #i am so proud of this piece!!! #wow i’m sorry about the res. i promise shes HD crispy in real life. #my art

[breebird33]

I’ve been relistening to TAZ: Balance. When they started talking about new merch during the ad break, I heard your name and was like “Hold on a sec! I know that name! That’s Patrik’s artist!” Congrats! 🕯

YEAH!!! I did some stuff for this year's Candlenights (I literally screamed when I got the email from my agent).

So far only the CandleKNIGHTS ornament is up, can't wait to show WHAT ELSE I did :D

And yes this all happened because they saw the candle knights I made in 2020 and 2021 in celebration of Candlenights.

#And I still plan to draw another candle knight this year as per this new tradition of mine #planning to draw a spoopy one this year #figured McElroys wanted something on the cuter side #not FULL ON darkest of souls vibes #candlenights #asks

[warlordfelwinter]

i was not expecting count donut and i DEFINITELY wasnt ready for the face justin made when he became count donut

#mbmbam #candlenights 2021

[tangygoat]

@thecandlenightszone Family Photo Gone Wrong. For @/n_uwuble on twitter!

#candlenights 2021 #awkward family photos #taz #the adventure zone #taako #kravitz #angus #i just realised i spelled kravitz's name wrong woops

[weminence]

This is my piece for the Candlenights Exchange put on by @thecandlenightszone for @johnchurch

It's the first piece I've finished in awhile and I really like it all things considered. Hope you enjoy too!

#Wem writes #My writing #taz balance #The Director | Lucretia #Candlenights #candlenights exchange 2021 #Candlenights 2021

[natdrinkstea]

thinking about how Candlenights accidentally involved pondering an orb

#they made a large amount of orb jokes #also Alex Horne was there #candlenights #candlenights 2021 #mbmbam #nat chats

[herbgerblin]

about the puppets they actually just reenacted the part of ck where angus gives them their candlenights gifts. but with puppets? it was a lot. LOL

terezis: sometimes candlenights is about puppets. that's all

:0 ah I see I understand

#it cute but also. LMAO???? #taz live show #candlenights 2021